My dog and her "pregnancy"

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Okay so I breed my dog Annie:

(Aww isn't she pretty hehe) in May and well she's about 15 days from her due date and I am going crazy! I am going crazy because we're still not 100% sure if she's pregnant. Her stomach has gotten bigger to a point but not big enough to really say she's pregnant. Also her breasts are getting bigger around the nipples like she might be producing milk. She also used to be very energetic (which is part of her breed, Italian greyhound) but she's calmed down to where she's very loving, and wants to just cuddle, eat, and sleep lol.

Anyways, people have told me that it's really like last 2 weeks or so that the puppies actually start to form and her tummy will start to expand. I have called the vet and the best response I have gotten was "It just differs between dogs", which was a crappy answer lol. Anyone have any info on this?

I know no one can give me a definite answer but anything to help would be great. :grin:

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She's going to have six puppies on July 15, at 6:30PM. j/k

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Okay that's flippin freaky!!!!! Her estimated due date is July 15!!!! :blush:

Well it's not uncommon for an IG to only have 1 or 2 puppies, so I know she might be right up to her due date before she ever really shows, but as many times as her and the stud mated, I'd think she's have more than 1 or 2 hehe. But guess you never know.

we have a few mares that dont; get real big bellies... and we got soem that will start to get therir sacks b4 te foal is barn and others want untill after the foal is born. ..ok yea i know horses and dogs are differnt animals.. but mom hasn't bred dogs in years. sorry dude but it does just depends. the only way to know for sure if she;s got pupps is to get her vet checked.

Problem is they can only do a pregnancy test on the 28th or 29th days of the pregnancy (According to my vet anyways) so now she's too far along to get tested. I am just too impatient LOL. I couldn't imagine waiting 9 months! I'm truly be insane!

In reply to: lol, I just added fifteen days to todays date. Okay I feel dumb LOL. I didn't even know I said she was due in 15 days, I thought you just pulled that day out of no where LoL. LORD!! Can we say "blonde moment"? hehe

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One of my friends has two New Finlands

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The name of the breed is spelled "newfoundland", like the country. lol. :grin:

oh.. i wasn't sute if there was a date on the testing.we had a mare that had twins... wasn;t this year it was last year. BAD thing wiht horses tho. the vet aborted one (abort or wutever it;s called) bt the mare lost her other one too. dude just be pashent. lol i do know this... they like it quite and will try to hide when it's gettign near time. Last time mom bred aussies she had the pantry all ready for her to have her pups but she (the aussie) decided she wanted to have them in my mom;s closet lol... i don't remeber where we had gone or how long but i remeber when we came hoem she didn;t met us at the door (and htat was nOT like her) ...well dad found her in there closet with pups. lol

The noise thing is hard to determine because she has always hated loud noises. She spends a lot of the time (especially lately) upstairs on the bed sleeping. I just seriously hope her water doesn't break on my bed, would be a horrible mess.I have an baby play-pen that I am going to take the padding out of and lay down puppy pads and some old blankets. I'll also cover the playpen so she has privacy. My luck she won't even want to use the area when the time comes lol.

In reply to: wants to just cuddle, eat, and sleep I don't know, that is how I felt when I was pregnant.

LOL well than maybe she is pregnant I am just so excited if she is pregnant and yet so impatient lol. She's blue and white and her boyfriend was black and white, so I am interested to see how that color mix will come out.

There's an over population of dogs in this world without homes, I just don't agree with breeding.

Is that a greyhound?

It's an Italian greyhound, much smaller than regular greyhounds.

True, but all the puppies are going to family members and I have a couple close friends who want a puppy if I have any extra, which I am doubting.Though I understand why people might be "against" breeding but not everyone wants an older dog from the pound or a mixed breed. There are people who want a special breed, like my family. They are going to get good homes, and best part I get to watch them grow, so I see nothing wrong with breeding my dog.

> There are people who want a special breed

This is something I could never understand. I've never bought a pet. The dogs were all strays, or from accidental pregnancies caused by people who didn't spay their dog. In fact, that's how I got my first cat. The second and third came from the ASPCA (used to be near, now in, Manchester, NH; and Salem, NH). The Web page for the Manchester animal shelter says:

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We are OVERWHELMED with Animals....Please Come Adopt

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I hope no one ever buys a dog at a pet store. Those dogs are from puppy mills, the breeders don't know what they're doing, and they're just in it for the money. So many people I know have gotten defective and sick dogs from pet shops. Behavior and disposition are strongly affected by breeding. A lot of the problems can be overcome by training, but most people have no idea how to do it. Plus, I'm not sure how you'd train a dog not to be nervous.

The shelters have plenty of animals of all ages, although people are more interested in kittens and puppies, so perfectly wonderful older animal sometimes are not adopted.

I wanted the last cat I got to be grown, so I got one that was allegedly two years old. It turned out that the shelter got the cat's bio confused (I wonder if they just make those things up), and it was only half grown, even though it looked like an adult. Still the cat was fine; he acted mature for his age.

Anyway, to get back to the original point, by and large I've found mutts to be the best dogs, health-wise and behavior-wise.

[BTW, your dog is very cute.]

You know damn well you should have asked persmission before you ever bought that dog, much less bred her!That was pretty effin' stupid, sarcstic dude. You can sleep with your sister without our permission too, but...

You're a very clever young man! I live in an area overrun with stray cats (introduced many decades ago to control the rodent problem). Would you like one?

In reply to:Manchester animal shelter I got my kitty and one of my dogs there! I've never gotten an animal that was bred (sp?) specifically i'd rather help the ones that need it first. But i've been lucky and was able to get all but my cat when they were still young. Breeds aren't a huge deal to me either. My dog chewy is a shiloh shepard-flat coat retriever mix and he is one of the prettiest dogs i've ever seen.

My cat Johnson came from there (didn't it use to be in Goffstown?). I wanted to keep him indoors, and he just wanted to go outdoors, so he started peeing in the house. I found a better situation for him with a widower in Hooksett who had a house with a lot of land. He also had two german Shepherd roomates. Johnson became the king of the place.

Johnson wouldn't start fights, but he'd never back down. Once the German Shepherds got into a fray with a neighboring dog, and Johnson jumped in, presumably because he didn't think his dogs were good fighters.

My cats were domestic short hair, domestic long hair, and domestic long hair...no particular breeds.

Jackson (from Dracut, MA) being shy; Cyrus (from Salem, MA) being cute...

both our inside cats are declawed...but the barn cats arnt; they need those claws for pest controle LMAO...and they do a GOOD job hahaha